The Rennes prosecutor’s office had, last March, decided to dismiss its first two complaints, for aggravated willful violence and for failure to assist a person in danger.
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The 22-year-old young man who had his hand torn off during a rave party in Redon (Ille-et-Vilaine) on the night of June 18 to 19, 2021, will file a new complaint with civil action with the examining magistrate, reports France Bleu Armorique, Wednesday, May 25. On March 12, after nine months of investigation, the Rennes prosecutor’s office decided to dismiss its first two complaints, for aggravated willful violence and for failure to assist a person in danger. “My client is disappointed and bitter”declares Maître Stéphane Vallée, lawyer for the plaintiff.
“Since the classification without follow-up, we have been able to take note of the investigation which was carried out by the gendarmes and the experts”, he explains. But according to him, “a certain number of people have not been interviewed by the investigators. We would also like there to be additional expertise.”
The lawyer believes that“there are still many questions”. He refers in particular to the transcription of telephone calls to the emergency services. “The people [auprès de son client] say ‘Someone has lost an arm. What do we do, where can we take him? How can he be taken care of?'”. Then Me Vallée says that the emergency services told them that they “could not intervene” and invited them to take the victim to the mobile gendarmes.
The lawyer continues: “And people respond: ‘We can’t move forward, because there are mobile gendarmes. We get shot with grenades'”. Me Vallée deduces that there was “this impassable barrier of the gendarmes who do not let people pass who would like to approach for medical care.”
For Me Stéphane Vallée, orders should have been given to “stop the law enforcement operation and prioritize security, the protection of people who may need it”. He therefore considers that we “one can legitimately ask the question of what could have malfunctioned at that time”. “The Rennes prosecutor’s office considered that there were no criminal offences, no responsibilities, no personal fault on the part of the gendarmes”he regrets.